Overview of Cisco Unified Video Advantage

Cisco Unified Video Advantage brings video telephony functionality to the all video-enabled Cisco Unified IP Phones including Cisco IP Communicator. The Cisco Unified Video Advantage software coupled with the Cisco VT Camera (a USB camera) allows a personal computer (PC) connected to a Cisco Unified IP Phone to add video to phone calls without requiring any extra button-pushing or mouse-clicking. When registered to Cisco Unified CallManager, the Cisco Unified Video Advantage-enabled Cisco Unified IP Phone has the features and functionality of a full-featured IP videophone. Call features like call forward, transfer, conference, hold, and mute are available with video — and are all initiated through the Cisco IP Communicator or Cisco Unified IP Phone. Cisco Unified Video Advantage is intended for desktop-to-desktop IP video telephony environments, not as a general purpose video conferencing solution for use in conference rooms.

Cisco Unified Video Advantage Software Components

The Cisco Unified Video Advantage software includes the following major components.

Component

Description

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Driver

The CDP driver transmits and receives device information so that the Cisco Unified Video Advantage software can determine the IP address of the Cisco Unified IP Phone to which it is connected and associate to that phone.